MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Action Thriller/Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, Jack Starrett, Michael Talbott, Chris Mulkey, John McLiam, Alf Humphreys, David Caruso, Don MacKay, David Crowley, Patrick Stack/Runtime: 93 minutes It might come as a wee bit of a shock for some of my younger readers to…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Talented Mr. Ripley “99”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Psychological Thriller/Stars: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport, James Rebhorn, Sergio Rubini, Philip Baker Hall, Celia Weston, Rosario Fiorello, Stefania Rocca, Ivano Marescotti, Lisa Eichhorn, Silvana Bosi/Runtime: 139 minutes Among the list of universal conflicts that we as human beings…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare “2024”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Spy Action Comedy/Stars: Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun, Cary Elwes, Til Schweiger, Henrique Zaga, Rory Kinnear, Danny Sapani, Freddie Fox, Olaf Kayhan, Mert Dincer, Ethel von Brixham, Koray Tarman/Runtime: 120 minutes I think it might surprise you…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Abigail “2024”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Monster Horror/Stars: Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Alisha Weir, Will Catlett, Kathryn Newton, Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud, Giancarlo Esposito, Matthew Goode/Runtime: 109 minutes Among the many things I never understood when I was growing up, there was one that (for the purposes of this review) proved to be…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Primal Fear “96”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Legal Mystery Crime Thriller/Stars: Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand, Terry O’Quinn, Andre Braugher, Steven Bauer, Joe Spano, Tony Plana, Azalea Davila, Stanley Anderson, Maura Tierney, Jon Seda, Reg Rogers/Runtime: 130 minutes If there is one group of people who we…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Civil War “2024”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Dystopian War-Action/Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Nick Offerman, Nelson Lee, Evan Lai, Sonoya Mizuno, Jefferson White, Juani Feliz, Edmund Donovan, Karl Glusman, Jin Ha, Jojo T. Gibbs, Jesse Plemons, Jess Matney/Runtime: 109 minutes Among the many tricks that the land of movie…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Cujo “83”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Horror/Stars: Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro, Daniel Hugh-Kelly, Christopher Stone, Ed Lauter, Kaiulani Lee, Billy Jacoby, Mills Watson, Jerry Hardin, Sandy Ward, Arthur Rosenberg/Runtime: 93 minutes If there is anything that I have had the privilege of learning through the power of books (or bundles of paper with…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Dark City “98”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Neo-Noir Sci-Fi/Stars: Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O’Brien, Ian Richardson, Bruce Spence, Colin Friels, John Bluthal, Mitchell Butel, Melissa George, Frank Gallacher, Ritchie Singer, Justin Monjo, Nicholas Bell, Satya Gumbert, Frederick Miragliotta, Jeanette Cronin, David Wenham, Bill Highfield, Darren Gilshenan, Terry Bader, Rosemary…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The First Omen “2024”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Supernatural Horror/Stars: Nell Tiger Free, Sônia Braga, Ralph Ineson, Bill Nighy, Tawfeek Barhom, Maria Caballero, Nicole Sorace, Ishtar Currie Wilson, Andrea Arcangeli, Charles Dance/Runtime: 119 minutes I think it’s safe to say that, among the many movies shown to me by my father when I was growing…
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Apple TV+ debuts trailer for season two of critically acclaimed comedy “The Big Door Prize,” starring Emmy Award winner Chris O’Dowd
Apple TV+ today unveiled the trailer for the second season of “The Big Door Prize,” the critically acclaimed and character-driven comedy from Emmy Award-winning creator David West Read (“Schitt’s Creek”). The 10-episode second season will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 with three episodes, followed by…